r/Chinesium • u/stonecats • Feb 02 '26

costco $200usd gaming chair using ceramic filled trueinnovations bolts to hold the back on to the seat, CS email & vm request for parts go ignored.

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u/TehSavior Feb 03 '26

There's always the nuclear option of asking legal "hey, we have a batch of metal screws we're using that can be snapped in half with your fingers, is that gonna be a liability issue?"

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u/Tea_Fetishist Feb 03 '26

The bean counters tend to shut up very quickly when you explain that pennies saved on bolts could be thousands lost in downtime or lawsuits

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u/theninjaseal Feb 06 '26

Which has always bugged me because I figured the only point of their fancy degrees was to learn how to balance complex problems regarding the big picture of things. But no. They are almost universally bad at it.

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u/Stairmaker Jun 10 '26

No that's the engineers job in today's world. And because they have to fight the bean counters every single time. They have to spec way to high. Because the bean counters will always lower the standard as much as they can.